Goodenow steps down from NHLPA

[sputnik]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=131693

If only he would have done this earlier... perhaps none of this would have happened.

[habsfan]

although saskin is taking over...we may not be much better off

[Weapon_R]

Good riddance

[rmk]

^ fuck the guy.

[SuPhistiKatEd]

Best news I've heard yet, but not really surprised. It had to happen.

[gggunit]

Hey dont hate the guy for doing his job.. he was hired to be the voice of the union.. and all union members didnt want a cap.. and now that the players realized there is no other means.. they had to cross over.. leaving Goodnow high and dry.. not that im a fan of him.. for wrecking the season.. but all the players are to blame as well.

[duffspec]

Originally posted by gggunit
Hey dont hate the guy for doing his job.. he was hired to be the voice of the union.. and all union members didnt want a cap.. and now that the players realized there is no other means.. they had to cross over.. leaving Goodnow high and dry.. not that im a fan of him.. for wrecking the season.. but all the players are to blame as well.

I couldn't put that better myself.

[69cougar]

Originally posted by Weapon_R
Good riddance

[Majestic12]

na na na na...
na na na na...
hey ey ey...

goodbye...

[urbannomad]

now it's time for gary bettman to do so as well. his ass down!

[eb0i]

Originally posted by urbannomad
now it's time for gary bettman to do so as well. his ass down!

Why?

[Impreza]

Originally posted by gggunit
Hey dont hate the guy for doing his job.. he was hired to be the voice of the union.. and all union members didnt want a cap.. and now that the players realized there is no other means.. they had to cross over.. leaving Goodnow high and dry.. not that im a fan of him.. for wrecking the season.. but all the players are to blame as well.

A combination of things led to the loss of the 04/05 season.

[mac_82]

Goodenow was piece of garbage. Sure he may have been doing his job, but he sure prolonged the lockout a heck of a lot. Doing things like saying he didn't believe the NHL financial statements sure did a lot of damage. He was living in a dream world where he wanted every player to make more and more, a 1.6 million average per player wasnt good enough for him. to a greedy bastard.

[gongSHOW]

Originally posted by gggunit
Hey dont hate the guy for doing his job.. he was hired to be the voice of the union.. and all union members didnt want a cap.. and now that the players realized there is no other means.. they had to cross over.. leaving Goodnow high and dry.. not that im a fan of him.. for wrecking the season.. but all the players are to blame as well.

It was his arrogance and irrational negotiating that prolonged this process. His complete denials at the beginning that the league was loosing money, saying there are inconsitencies in the reports, but down the road, he offers a 24% rollback. What for if there not loosing money? If there was someone else leading them they likely wouuld have started talks before December and there could have been a 04/05 season.